What does the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis propose?

What will be an ideal response?


It notes that language influences our understanding of reality above-and-beyond the meaning of its symbols.

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The world's biggest market for cigarettes is now in the U.S.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Cox and Demmitt believe that decision making requires logic and:

a. luck. b. idealism. c. emotion. d. egocentrism.

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How does the World Bank classify nations by income?

A. Developed nations, underdeveloped nations B. First world, second world, third world C. High-income nations, middle-income nations, low-income nations D. Core nations, peripheral nations, semi-peripheral nations

Sociology

During the Jim Crow era in South Carolina, a clause was adopted that called for two years' residence, a poll tax of one dollar, the ability to read and write any section of the U.S. Constitution or to understand it when read aloud, the owning of property worth $300, and the disqualification of convicts. These types of measures resulted in:

a. more alliances within the Populist movement. b. an increase in fluid competition. c. the disfranchisement of blacks. d. the beginning of Reconstruction.

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